Data centres in France
Oct 2026: 50 projects in the pipeline in France, 14 permitted or being built.No pause or cap on new grid connections. Wholesale power €63/MWh in 2025.
Pipeline movement, last 12 months
36 milestones ·
617 data centres on record in France
Projects by stage
Who is building in France
Capacity by stage
- Facility power, all stages
- 2,778 MW
- Facility power, under construction
- 226 MW
- Projects
- 50
Stated by each project, . Bases are never added together.
| Stage | IT load, MW | Facility power, MW | Grid connection, MW | Projects |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Announced | 252 | 1,507 | 400 | 19 |
| In planning | 248 | 925 | 830 | 17 |
| Permitted | · | 120 | 1,400 | 4 |
| Under construction | 302 | 226 | · | 10 |
| In service | · | · | · | 0 |
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Market economics, Paris
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- Construction cost
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- EUR m per MW
- Sep 2026
- Colocation, wholesale
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- EUR per kW a month
- Jun 2026
- Business electricity
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- EUR per MWh
- H1 2026
- Grid connection wait
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- years
- 2026
- Permitting
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- months
- Oct 2023
- Staff cost
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- EUR k per FTE a year
- 2024
- Guarding, 24/7
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- EUR k a year
- Apr 2026
Operators in France
Where the data centres are in France
What changed
10 milestones since 1 Aug 2026; the newest is from Oct 2026.
Power and grid in France
No pause or cap
No rule in force pauses, rations or conditions new grid connections here. Every country’s grid connections
Over a year, country level
- Grid carbon, latest full-year average
- 42g CO₂/kWh
- 4th cleanest of 30 countries; 95% renewable or nuclear
- Business electricity price, latest full year
- 92€/MWh
- 4th cheapest of 26; wholesale is 68% of it
- Wholesale power, 2025 average
- 63€/MWh
- 4th cheapest of 30
Climate at Paris
- Hours a year above 27 °C dry-bulb
- 233h
- mean of 2016 to 2025
- Hours a year above 32 °C dry-bulb
- 40h
- worst year 68 h
- Hours a year above 20 °C wet-bulb
- 147h
- limit for evaporative cooling
Fibre latency from Paris
| To | Round trip, minimum | Path length | Path |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brussels | 2.8 ms | 290 km | Mapped fibre route |
| London | 4.0 ms | 409 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Amsterdam | 4.4 ms | 453 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Frankfurt | 5.9 ms | 599 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Zurich | 5.9 ms | 601 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Milan | 8.0 ms | 817 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Dublin | 9.1 ms | 929 km | Mapped fibre route |
Rules and dates
| Where | Rule | Status |
|---|---|---|
| EU | Reporting duty from 500 kW installed IT power, 7 items and 24 indicators, next report 15 May 2027 | In force |
| EU | Waste-heat use above 1 MW total rated energy input, unless a cost-benefit assessment shows it is not feasible | In force |
| EU | Common rating scheme adopted 21 Sep 2026; in Parliament and Council scrutiny, extended 6 Oct | Adopted, not in force |
| France | Annual reporting from 500 kW and waste-heat valorisation from 1 MW; an energy reuse factor of at least 0.20 is deemed compliant | In force |
Next dates
- 14 Dec 2026the EU Commission’s minimum performance standards consultation and call for evidence closes
- 15 May 2027EU database and French reports due (every year)
- 1 Oct 2027France’s cost-benefit analysis deadline for data centres with permits filed before 1 January 2026
- 11 Oct 2027EU deadline under Article 11 of the Energy Efficiency Directive for a certified energy management system at enterprises above 85 TJ (23.6 GWh) of annual energy consumption
Formal refusals and bans since 2025
No area-wide rule recorded for France.
2 decisions on single sites since 2025, not listed here.